Biography of Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta
Dr. Satyandra K. Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of
Maryland. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, he was a
Research Scientist in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
University. He received a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Roorkee (presently known
as the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) in 1988. He received a
Gold Medal for securing the first rank in his B.E. class (1988) and a
Gold Medal for the best Engineering Design Project (1988). He received
a Master of Technology (M. Tech.) in Production Engineering from the
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1989. He received a Ph.D. in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park
in 1994. During his Ph.D. study, he was awarded a Graduate School
Fellowship and an Institute for Systems Research Graduate Fellowship.
For his highly inter-disciplinary Ph.D. research, he received Institute
for Systems Research’s George Harhalakis Outstanding Systems
Engineering Graduate Student Award (1994).
Dr. Gupta's research interest is broadly in the area of automation. He
is specifically interested in automation problems arising in Design,
Manufacturing, and Robotics. Currently, he is working on developing
computational foundations for enabling simulation driven discovery and
innovation. He has experience in many different manufacturing
domains including mechanical assembly, nano-manipulation, machining,
micro fabrication, injection molding, in-mold assembly, sheet metal
bending, and solid freeform fabrication. He has authored or co-authored
more than two hundred articles in journals, conference proceedings, and
book chapters.
Dr. Gupta is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME) and a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME). He has served as the Chair of the Design for Manufacturing
Technical Committee in the Design Division of ASME. He has organized
several conference sessions in the area of computer-aided design,
manufacturing automation, and robotics. He has served as Program
Co-Chair in 1998 ASME Design for
Manufacturing Conference, Papers Chair in 1999 ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference,
Exhibit Chair in 2000 ASME Design
Engineering Technical Conferences, Program Chair in 2002 ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference,
and Conference Chair in 2003 ASME
Design for Manufacturing Conference. He has served as a member
on the Editorial Advisory Board for Assembly
Automation and Computer Aided
Design and Applications journals. He has also served as an
Associate Editor for IEEE
Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, ASME Journal of Computing and Information
Science in Engineering, and SME
Journal of Manufacturing Processes. He has also served on the
Program Committees for Geometric
Modeling and Processing Conference, Computer Aided Design Conference, Product Lifecycle Management Conference,
CAD and Graphics Conference, IEEE International Symposium on Assembly
and Manufacturing, IEEE
Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, and ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Conference.
Dr. Gupta has won many honors and awards for his research
accomplishments. He received the Best Paper Award at the 1994 ASME International Conference on Computers
in Engineering, the Best Paper Award at the 1999 ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference,
a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research in 2000, a
Robert W. Galvin Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from
the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in 2001, a CAREER Award from the
National Science Foundation in 2001, the Outstanding Systems
Engineering Faculty Award from the Institute for Systems Research in
2001, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE) in 2001, a Highly Commended Paper Award from Literati Club in
2002, and the Best Paper Award at the 2006 ASME Computers and Information in
Engineering Conference. He was a member of the team that won
2007 Invention of the Year Award in Physical Science category at the
University of Maryland. He also holds a US Patent titled Apparatus and Method for Multi-Purpose
Setup Planning for Sheet Metal Bending Operations.
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updated on July 14, 2009